the culture of Russia 1000 years! you don't know anything about Russia to judge my country! propaganda is not in my country!and propaganda of anti-Russian is alive and well in your country. in your country there is no corruption! because corruption is legalized !

соня суворова propaganda is not in Russia? Loool I’ve worked as a journalist there i found not even mention Putin’s name I had a entire list with things forbidden to Adresse in the media. Also what kind of democracy ist that with the same president for 18 years :)))

There is no propaganda in Russia. And in Europe and the US, they still organize a propaganda campaign against Russia and encourage terrorism.

@@user-wp7ch8fm5m Французкая а затем и Росссийская революции. Обе странны немало корумпированнны деморализованным государством. На RBеёонд есть отрывок с директором B-go там очевидна физиогномика.

Anna Bell When you have former Bolshoi dancers like Svetlana Lunkina having her family threatened and having and leaving the country for fear of her safety, I don't don't blame Womack for not talking about her own experience with corruption. But it is the elephant in the room and it's kind of absurd to talk about her time in Russia and not mention she left the Bolshoi because they tried to bribe her to get roles.

+kabardinka1 totally agree

+kabardinka1 I don't understand why you have such a negative view towards Russia and Russian ballet. If she already spoke out about the corruption that everyone already knew about, why continue it in every interview? It's not going to improve her technique or help her get better roles or a better salary. The fact that she chooses to proceed with her life and not get caught up in past drama shows a maturity and dedication in her, which is far more important than complaining about things that are not going to change

+Anna Bell Yes, people take the saying too literally, that has become so popular: "

+Anna Bell That's not her definition of 'insane', it's Albert Einstein's.

kabardinka1 I don't think her mentioning corruption within a company of which she is no longer a member has any baring on her taste in styles of dance. Corruption is not a product of the art, it is a product of the people. And while America does have many different styles available, I think Joy wanted to go straight to the source of the method she loved the most, which was Russia. Interestingly, Balanchine actually trained in Russia himself, so the Balanchine technique was devised from the Russian style somewhat, although it is incredibly identifiable and unique and grew in the USA. A very beautiful, energetic technique, but as Joy says, it was not suited to her body. The Vaganova method is taught worldwide and many, many schools and teachers try to replicate its technique. I think the beauty of having a school of dance that teaches only one, very pure technique, produces dancers who truly understand what technique means. Even if you look at London's Royal Ballet Upper School, they take from the Russian method of ballet and have teachers of different schools. Everybody has their own taste! Russian dancers are particularly famous for their highly expressive upper body and use of arms, but I know of people who find the expression too much, as can their aesthetic be overwhelmingly thin. But look at where Joy's path has lead her, she is an exceptional dancer now, maybe she would not have reached such heights had it not been for the Bolshoi School.

***** It's impossible to separate the corruption found in companies like the Bolshoi (and to a different degree, the Mariinsky) and one's life as a creative performer. What goes on in Russian companies in that regard is pretty much unique in the world. And it's why so many Russian-based dancers have left their prestige companies where, in another era (even post-USSR), they would have spent their entire careers with them. The reality is, she's dancing with a second tier company at this point. That doesn't mean she or her fellow performers aren't good dancers, but to put them on any level above those in quality American companies is a joke. They're mostly doing endless touring and dancing the same 4-5 ballets they can sell to a not terribly sophisticated public. If you want to call that a smart move... go ahead. I consider it career suicide. The so-called Vaganova method has never been uniquely Russian. First of all, it's completely grounded in the work of teachers like Cecchetti and Christian Johansson who taught: Tamara Karsavina, Nikolai Legat, Sergei Legat, Preobrajenska, Maria Gorshenkova, Kschessinska, Yevguenya Sokolova, Lebedeva, Nikitina, Anna Pavlova and Nijinsky. Oh, yes, and Vaganova herself. That's Russian? Vakhtang Chabukiani (probably the most influential Soviet male dancer of the mid 20th century) learned ballet from an Italian teacher who was a protege of Cecchetti. The entire branding with the Vaganova Method was a Soviet fairy tale to make ballet a Russian and not French, Italian, Danish invention. Did they add unique elements to it... absolutely. If one's talking about the Bolshoi, it could be argued that someone like Asaf Messerer had a bigger impact than Vaganova... he incorporated a lot of gymnastic-themed performance and training to ballet. Balanchine was, himself, a rather mediocre dancer with limited technique. The SAB's initial teaching core was made up of people like: Pierre Vladimiroff, Felia Doubrovska, Anatole Oboukhoff, Ludmilla Schollar, Antonina Tumkovsky, and Alexandra Danilova who were largely trained by Johansson and other people who also trained the first generation of Soviet ballet dancers. So how is that American vs. Russian?

+kabardinka1 It's called being diplomatic. If she were to lay it all out, all the dirty laundry she knows from her experience with the Bolshoi, whether it be true or not, do you really think that would reflect well upon her? If you were to answer yes then at the very least you would be amazingly naive. The name of the game in public relations and in promoting one's brand is to have a positive delivery, and not to elevate oneself with mud slinging, deserved or no, as you seem to think is warranted.

+shadelings She already 'laid it out.' world.time.com/2013/11/13/american-ballerina-quits-bolshoi-accuses-theater-of-extortion/'

So then why do you need her to do it again?? You're the one who wants the dirt, you tell me. And btw, I already knew about her experience with the Bolshoi, I was just curious why you felt the need to call her out for not talking about it every time she's on camera.

Lilly C she wants to teach Russian valet in Asia. Since Asians love it.